Directors' remuneration and performance in Australian banking

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1363-1383

  Doucouliagos, Hristos ^a   Haman, Janto ^a   Askary, Saeed ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bank performance; Corporate governance; Directors' remuneration

Indexed keywords

EID: 37149001248     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2007.00651.x     Document Type: Article

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